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Winter is coming, why Vladimir Putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped, Garry Kasparov ; with Mig Greengard

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Winter is coming, why Vladimir Putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped, Garry Kasparov ; with Mig Greengard
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Winter is coming
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
925931021
Responsibility statement
Garry Kasparov ; with Mig Greengard
Sub title
why Vladimir Putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped
Summary
"The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship--and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen"--Front flapThe ascension of Putin to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Now, with his vast resources and nuclear arsenal, Putin is at the center of a worldwide assault on political liberty and the modern world order. Kasparov shows that the collapse of the Soviet Union was not an endpoint, and reveals Putin as an existential danger hiding in plain sight--Publisher description
Table Of Contents
The end of the Cold War and the fall of the USSR -- The lost decade -- The invisible wars -- Born in blood -- President for life -- The search for Putin's soul -- Off the board, into the fire -- Operation Medvedev -- The audacity of false hope -- War and appeasement
resource.variantTitle
Why Vladimir Putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped
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